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                                                       Calendar No. 545

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2109

                          [Report No. 105-306]

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                                 A BILL

To provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, and 
                          for other purposes.

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             September 8 (legislative day, August 31), 1998

                       Reported with an amendment





                                                       Calendar No. 545
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2109

                          [Report No. 105-306]

To provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 1998

 Mr. Murkowski (for himself and Mr. Stevens) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

             September 8 (legislative day, August 31), 1998

              Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Glacier Bay National Park 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE AND WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--(1) Subject to conditions set forth in 
subsection (c), if the State of Alaska, in a manner consistent with 
this Act, offers to transfer to the United States the lands identified 
in paragraph (2) in exchange for the lands identified in paragraph (3), 
selected from the area described in section 3(b)(1), the Secretary of 
the Interior (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall 
complete such exchange no later than 6 months after the issuance of a 
license to Gustavus Electric Company by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC), in accordance with this Act. This land exchange 
shall be subject to the laws applicable to exchanges involving lands 
managed by the Secretary as part of the National Park System in Alaska 
and the appropriate process for the exchange of State lands required by 
State law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The lands to be conveyed to the United States by the 
State of Alaska shall be determined by mutual agreement of the 
Secretary and the State of Alaska. Lands which will be considered for 
conveyance to the United States pursuant to the process required by 
State law are: (1) lands owned by the State of Alaska in the Long Lake 
area within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; or (2) other 
lands owned by the State of Alaska.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) If the Secretary and State of Alaska have not agreed 
on which lands the State of Alaska will convey by a date not later than 
six months after a license is issued pursuant to this Act, the State of 
Alaska shall convey (subject to the approval of the appropriate 
official of the State of Alaska), and the United States shall accept, 
within one year after a license is issued, title to land having a 
sufficiently equal value to satisfy State and Federal law, subject to 
clear title and valid existing rights, and absence of environmental 
contamination, and as provided by the laws applicable to exchanges 
involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the National Park 
System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the exchange of State 
lands required by State law. Such land shall be conveyed to the United 
States from among the following State lands in the priority 
listed:</DELETED>

                <DELETED>copper river meridian</DELETED>

<DELETED>1.  T. 6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed,</DELETED>
                <DELETED>Sec. 11, lots 1 and 2, 
                NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, 
                S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                2</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, and N</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>Sec. 12, NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, 
                NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\
                <DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>Containing 838.66 acres, as shown on the plat of 
        survey accepted June 9, 1922.</DELETED>
<DELETED>2.  T. 5 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed,</DELETED>
<DELETED>    T. 6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed,</DELETED>
                <DELETED>Sec. 2, NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\ <DELETED>and NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>Containing 200.00 acres, as shown on the plat of 
        survey accepted June 9, 1922,</DELETED>
<DELETED>3.  T. 6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed,</DELETED>
                <DELETED>Sec. 6, lots 1 through 10, 
                E</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, and SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
                4</DELETED>\</DELETED>
        <DELETED>Containing approximately 529.94 acres, as shown on the 
        plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4) The lands to be conveyed to the State of Alaska by the 
United States under paragraph (1) are lands to be designated by the 
Secretary and the State of Alaska, consistent with sound land 
management principles, based on those lands determined by the FERC with 
the concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, in accordance 
with section 3(b), to be the minimum amount of land necessary for the 
construction and operation of a hydroelectric project.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (5) The time periods set forth for the completion of the 
land exchanged described in this Act may be extended as necessary by 
the Secretary should the processes of State law or Federal law delay 
completion of an exchange.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (6) For purposes of this Act, ``land'' means lands, waters 
and interests therein.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Wilderness.--(1) To ensure that this transaction 
maintains, within the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
approximately the same amount of area of designated wilderness as 
currently exists, the following lands in Alaska shall be designated as 
wilderness in the priority listed, upon consummation of the land 
exchange authorized by this Act and shall be administered according to 
the laws governing national wilderness areas in Alaska.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) An unnamed island in Glacier Bay National Park 
        lying southeasterly of Blue Mouse Cove in sections 5, 6, 7, and 
        8, T. 36 S., R. 54 E., CRM, and shown on United States 
        Geological Survey quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (D-2), Alaska, 
        containing approximately 789 acres.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) Cenotaph Island of Glacier Bay National Park 
        lying within Lituya Bay in sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, T. 37 
        S., R. 47 E., CRM, and shown on United States Geological Survey 
        quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (C-5), Alaska, containing 
        approximately 280 acres.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) An area of Glacier Bay National Park lying in 
        T. 31 S., R. 43 E. and T. 32 S., R. 43 E., CRM, that is not 
        currently designated wilderness, containing approximately 2270 
        acres.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The specific boundaries and acreage of these 
wilderness designations may be reasonably adjusted by the Secretary, 
consistent with sound land management principles, to approximately 
equal, in sum, the total wilderness acreage deleted from Glacier Bay 
National Park and Preserve pursuant to the land exchange authorized by 
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conditions.--Any exchange of lands under this Act may 
occur only if--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) following the submission of an acceptable 
        license application, the FERC has conducted economic and 
        environmental analyses under the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
        791-828) (notwithstanding provisions of that Act and the 
        Federal regulations that otherwise exempt this project from 
        economic analyses), the National Environmental Policy Act of 
        1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370), and the Fish and Wildlife 
        Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666), that conclude, with the 
        concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to 
        (A) and (B) below, that the construction and operation of a 
        hydroelectric power project on the lands described in section 
        3(b)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) will not adversely impact the purposes 
                and values of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve 
                (as constituted after the consummation of the land 
                exchange authorized by this section);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) will comply with the requirements of 
                the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470-
                470w); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) can be accomplished in an economically 
                feasible manner;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The FERC held at least one public meeting in 
        Gustavus, Alaska, allowing the citizens of Gustavus to express 
        their views on the proposed project;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The FERC has determined, with the concurrence 
        of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, the minimum amount of 
        land necessary to construct and operate this hydroelectric 
        power project;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Gustavus Electric Company has been granted a 
        license by FERC that requires Gustavus Electric Company to 
        submit an acceptable financing plan to FERC before project 
        construction may commence, and FERC has approved such 
        plan.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ROLE OF FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 
              COMMISSION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) License Application.--(1) The FERC licensing process 
shall apply to any application submitted by Gustavus Electric Company 
to FERC for the right to construct and operate a hydro power project on 
the lands described in subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The FERC is authorized to accept and consider an 
application filed by Gustavus Electric Company for the construction and 
operation of a hydro power plant to be located on lands within the area 
described in subsection (b), notwithstanding section 3(2) of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(2)). Such application must be 
submitted within 3 years from the date of the enactment of this 
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) The FERC will retain jurisdiction over any hydropower 
project constructed on this site.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Analyses.--(1) The lands referred to in subsection (a) 
of this section are lands in the State of Alaska described as 
follows:</DELETED>

                <DELETED>copper river meridian</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Township 39 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, 
Section 36 (unsurveyed), SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, 
S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, 
NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, and 
S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>. 
Containing approximately 130 acres.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Township 40 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, 
Section 1 (unsurveyed). NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, 
SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, and 
SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, 
excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native allotment A-442; Section 2 
(unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean high tide 
line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and U.S. Survey 945; 
Section 11 (unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean 
high tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944; Section 12 
(unsurveyed), fractional, NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, 
W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/2</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, and 
those portions of NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\ <DELETED>and 
SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/4</DELETED>\ <DELETED>lying above the mean high 
tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native 
allotment A-442. Containing approximately 1,015 acres.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) Additional lands and acreage will be included as 
needed in the study area described in paragraph (1) to account for 
accretion to these lands from natural forces;</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) With the concurrence of the Secretary and the State of 
Alaska, the FERC shall determine the minimum amount of lands necessary 
for construction and operation of such project;</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4) The National Park Service shall participate as a joint 
land agency in the development of any environmental document under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in the licensing of such 
project. Such environmental document shall consider both the impacts 
resulting from licensing and any land exchange necessary to authorize 
such project.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Issuance of License.--(1) A condition of the license 
to construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project 
shall be the FERC's approval, prior to any commencement of 
construction, of a finance plan submitted by Gustavus Electric 
Company.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The National Park Service, as the existing supervisor 
of potential project lands ultimately to be deleted from the Federal 
reservation in accordance with this Act, waives its right to impose 
mandatory conditions on such project lands pursuant to section 4(e) of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) The FERC shall not license, re-license the project, or 
amend the project license unless it determines, with the Secretary's 
concurrence, that the project will not adversely impact the purposes 
and values of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as constituted 
after the consummation of the land exchange authorized by this Act). 
Additionally, a condition of the license, or any succeeding license, to 
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project 
shall require the license to mitigate any adverse effects of the 
project on the purposes and values of Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve identified by the Secretary after the initial 
licensing.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4) A condition of the license to construct and operate 
any portion of the hydroelectric power project shall be the completion, 
prior to any commencement of construction, of the land exchange 
described in this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. ROLE OF SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Special Use Permit.--Notwithstanding the provisions of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133-1136), the Secretary shall issue a 
Special Use Permit to Gustavus Electric Company to ensure the 
completion of the analyses referred to in section 3. The Secretary 
shall impose conditions in the permit as needed to protect the purposes 
and values of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Park System.--The lands acquired from the State of 
Alaska under this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the 
National Park System, subject to valid existing rights. Upon completion 
of the exchange of lands under this Act, the Secretary shall adjust, as 
necessary, the boundaries of the affected National Park System unit(s) 
to include the lands acquired from the State of Alaska; and adjust the 
boundary of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to exclude the lands 
transferred to the State of Alaska under this Act. Any such adjustments 
to the boundaries of the National Park System units shall have no 
effect upon acreage determinations under section 103(b) of the Public 
Law 96-487.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Wilderness Area Boundaries.--The Secretary shall make 
any necessary modifications or adjustments of boundaries of wilderness 
areas as a result of the additions and deletions caused by the land 
exchange referred to in section 2. Any such adjustments to the 
boundaries of wilderness area shall have no effect upon acreage 
determination under section 103(b) of Public Law 96-487.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Payments.--Gustavus Electric Company shall not be 
required to make Federal land payments under section 10(e) of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(c)) with respect to the lands to be 
exchanged under this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Concurrence of the Secretary.--Whenever in this Act 
the concurrence of the Secretary is required, it shall not be 
unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Glacier Bay National Park Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE AND WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--(1) Subject to conditions set forth in subsection 
(c), if the State of Alaska, in a manner consistent with this Act, 
offers to transfer to the United States the lands identified in 
paragraph (2) in exchange for the lands identified in paragraph (4), 
selected from the area described in Section 3(b)(1), the Secretary of 
the Interior (in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall 
complete such exchange no later than 6 months after the issuance of a 
license to Gustavus Electric Company by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (in this Act referred to as ``FERC''), in accordance with 
this Act. This land exchange shall be subject to the laws applicable to 
exchanges involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the 
National Park System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the 
exchange of State lands required by State law.
    (2) The lands to be conveyed to the United States by the State of 
Alaska shall be determined by mutual agreement of the Secretary and the 
State of Alaska. Lands that will be considered for conveyance to the 
United States pursuant to the process required by State law are lands 
owned by the State of Alaska in the Long Lake area within Wrangell-St. 
Elias National Park and Preserve or other lands owned by the State of 
Alaska.
    (3) If the Secretary and the State of Alaska have not agreed on 
which lands the State of Alaska will convey by a date not later than 6 
months after a license is issued pursuant to this Act, the United 
States shall accept, within one year after a license is issued, title 
to land having a sufficiently equal value to satisfy State and Federal 
law, subject to clear title and valid existing rights, and absence of 
environmental contamination, and as provided by the laws applicable to 
exchanges involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the 
National Park System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the 
exchange of State lands required by State law. Such land shall be 
accepted by the United States, subject to the other provisions of this 
Act, from among the following State lands in the priority listed:

                         copper river meridian

    (A) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, and 3, 
NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\, Containing 617.68 acres, as shown on the plat of 
survey accepted June 9, 1922.
    (B) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 2, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\. 
Containing 838.66 acres, as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 
9, 1922.
    (C) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 2, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ 
and NW\1/4\. Containing 200.00 acres, as shown on the plat of survey 
accepted June 9, 1922.
    (D) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 6. lots 1 through 
10, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\. Containing approximately 529.94 acres, 
as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
    (4) The lands to be conveyed to the State of Alaska by the United 
States under paragraph (1) are lands to be designated by the Secretary 
and the State of Alaska, consistent with sound land management 
principles, based on those lands determined by the FERC with the 
concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, in accordance 
with section 3(b), to be the minimum amount of land necessary for the 
construction and operation of a hydroelectric project.
    (5) The time periods set forth for the completion of the land 
exchanges described in this Act may be extended as necessary by the 
Secretary should the processes of State law or Federal law delay 
completion of an exchange.
    (6) For purposes of this Act, the term ``land'' means lands, waters 
and interests therein.
    (b) Wilderness.--(1) To ensure that this transaction maintains, 
within the National Wilderness Preservation System, approximately the 
same amount of area of designated wilderness as currently exists, the 
following lands in Alaska shall be designated as wilderness in the 
priority listed, upon consummation of the land exchange authorized by 
this Act and shall be administered according to the laws governing 
national wilderness areas in Alaska:
            (A) An unnamed island in Glacier Bay National Park lying 
        southeasterly of Blue Mouse Cove in sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, T. 
        36 S., R. 54 E., CRM, and shown on United States Geological 
        Survey quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (D-2), Alaska, containing 
        approximately 789 acres.
            (B) Cenotaph Island of Glacier Bay National Park lying 
        within Lituya Bay in sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, T. 37 S., R. 
        47 E., CRM, and shown on United States Geological Survey 
        quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (C-5), Alaska, containing 
        approximately 280 acres.
            (C) An area of Glacier Bay National Park lying in T. 31. 
        S., R. 43 E and T. 32 S., R. 43 E., CRM, that is not currently 
        designated wilderness, containing approximately 2,270 acres.
    (2) The specific boundaries and acreage of these wilderness 
designations may be reasonably adjusted by the Secretary, consistent 
with sound land management principles, to approximately equal, in sum, 
the total wilderness acreage deleted from Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve pursuant to the land exchange authorized by this Act.
    (c) Conditions.--Any exchange of lands under this Act may occur 
only if--
            (1) following the submission of a complete license 
        application, FERC has conducted economic and environmental 
        analyses under the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791-828) 
        (notwithstanding provisions of that Act and the Federal 
        regulations that otherwise exempt this project from economic 
        analyses), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321-4370), and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 661-666), that conclude, with the concurrence of the 
        Secretary of the Interior with respect to subparagraphs (A) and 
        (B), that the construction and operation of a hydroelectric 
        power project on the lands described in section 3(b)--
                    (A) will not adversely impact the purposes and 
                values of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as 
                constituted after the consummation of the land exchange 
                authorized by this section);
                    (B) will comply with the requirements of the 
                National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470-
                470w); and
                    (C) can be accomplished in an economically feasible 
                manner;
            (2) FERC held at least one public meeting in Gustavus, 
        Alaska, allowing the citizens of Gustavus to express their 
        views on the proposed project;
            (3) FERC has determined, with the concurrence of the 
        Secretary and the State of Alaska, the minimum amount of land 
        necessary to construct and operate this hydroelectric power 
        project; and
            (4) Gustavus Electric Company has been granted a license by 
        FERC that requires Gustavus Electric Company to submit an 
        acceptable financing plan to FERC before project construction 
        may commence, and the FERC has approved such plan.

SEC. 3. ROLE OF FERC.

    (a) License Application.--(1) The FERC licensing process shall 
apply to any application submitted by Gustavus Electric Company to the 
FERC for the right to construct and operate a hydropower project on the 
lands described in subsection (b).
    (2) FERC is authorized to accept and consider an application filed 
by Gustavus Electric Company for the construction and operation of a 
hydropower plant to be located on lands within the area described in 
subsection (b), notwithstanding section 3(2) of the Federal Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 796(2)). Such application must be submitted within 3 years 
from the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (3) FERC will retain jurisdiction over any hydropower project 
constructed on this site.
    (b) Analyses.--(1) The lands referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section are lands in the State of Alaska described as follows:

                         copper river meridian

    Township 39 South, Range 59 East, partically surveyed, Section 36 
(unsurveyed), SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, 
W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. Containing 
approximately 130 acres.
    Township 40 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, Section 1 
(unsurveyed). NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native allotment A-442; Section 2 
(unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean high tide 
line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and U.S. Survey 945; 
Section 11 (unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean 
high tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944; Section 12 
(unsurveyed), fractional, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, 
and those portions of NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\ lying above the mean high 
tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native 
allotment A-442. Containing approximately 1,015 acres.
    (2) Additional lands and acreage will be included as needed in the 
study area described in paragraph (1) to account for accretion to these 
lands from natural forces;
    (3) With the concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, 
the FERC shall determine the minimum amount of lands necessary for 
construction and operation of such project,
    (4) The National Park Service shall participate as a joint lead 
agency in the development of any environmental document under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in the licensing of such 
project. Such environmental document shall consider both the impacts 
resulting from licensing and any land exchange necessary to authorize 
such project.
    (c) Issuance of License.--(1) A condition of the license to 
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project 
shall be FERC's approval, prior to any commencement of construction, of 
a finance plan submitted by Gustavus Electric Company.
    (2) The National Park Service, as the existing supervisor of 
potential project lands ultimately to be deleted from the Federal 
reservation in accordance with this Act, waives its right to impose 
mandatory conditions on such project lands pursuant to section 4(e) of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)).
    (3) FERC shall not license, relicense the project, or amend the 
project license unless it determines, with the Secretary's concurrence, 
that the project will not adversely impact the purposes and values of 
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as constituted after the 
consummation of the land exchange authorized by this Act). 
Additionally, a condition of the license, or any succeeding license, to 
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project 
shall require the licensee to mitigate any adverse effects of the 
project on the purposes and values of Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve identified by the Secretary after the initial licensing.
    (4) A condition of the license to construct and operate any portion 
of the hydroelectric power project shall be the completion, prior to 
any commencement of construction, of the land exchange described in 
this Act.

SEC. 4. ROLE OF SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.

    (a) Special Use Permit.--Notwithstanding the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133-1136), the Secretary shall issue a 
special use permit to Gustavus Electric Company to allow the completion 
of the analyses referred to in Section 3. The Secretary shall impose 
conditions in the permit as needed to protect the purposes and values 
of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
    (b) Park System.--The lands acquired from the State of Alaska under 
this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the National 
Park System, subject to valid existing rights. Upon completion of the 
exchange of lands under this Act, the Secretary shall adjust, as 
necessary, the boundaries of the affected National Park System units to 
include the lands acquired from the State of Alaska; and adjust the 
boundary of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to exclude the lands 
transferred to the State of Alaska under this Act. Any such adjustment 
to the boundaries of National Park System units shall not be considered 
in applying any acreage limitations under section 103(b) of the Public 
Law 96-487.
    (c) Wilderness Area Boundaries.--The Secretary shall make any 
necessary modifications or adjustments of boundaries of wilderness 
areas as a result of the additions and deletions caused by the land 
exchange referenced in Section 2. Any such adjustments to the 
boundaries of National Park System units shall not be considered in 
applying any acreage limitations under section 103(b) of Public Law 96-
487.
    (d) Payments.--Gustavus Electric Company shall not be required to 
make Federal land payments under section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act 
(16 U.S.C. 803(c)) with respect to the lands exchanged under this Act.
    (e) Concurrence of the Secretary.--Whenever in this Act the 
concurrence of the Secretary is required, it shall not be unlawfully 
withheld or unreasonably delayed.

SEC. 5. APPLICABLE LAW.

    The authorities and jurisdiction provided in this Act shall 
continue in effect until such time as this Act is expressly modified or 
repealed by Congress.